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Discrimination against the obese and very thin students in Brazilian schools

Kubota, Luis Claudio - 2015

PeNSE 2012 is a survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with the Ministry of Health. PeNSE covers a broad range of subjects, especially risk behavior. This article has the aim of analyzing discrimination against obese and very thin students...

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Outsourcing in Brazil : evaluation of legal framework and comments about bill no 4.330/2004

Campos, André Gambier - 2016

legislative regulation of outsourcing. Probably, qualified impact evaluations of this phenomenon should be made, before any …

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Challenges of the private health plans regulation in Brazil

Ocké-Reis, Carlos Octávio - 2015

The idea of regulating private health plans so as to favor major players and the "managed care" is incompatible with the guidelines of the National Health System [Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)] and for this reason we defend instead a regulatory action aiming to strengthen the public sphere. In...

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Economic regulation and cost-efficiency in Brazilian urban public transport : the case of Belo Horizonte

Gomide, Alexandre de Ávila - 2015

The transport economics literature has indicated that introduction of competition for the market in urban bus services (i.e. by means of competitive bidding) could promote cost-efficiency with low fares and better quality services. Therefore, this paper analyse the main outcomes and the latest...

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Efficiency and regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil

Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da; Moreira, Ajax - 2015

Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a great deal of debate regarding the government level in which …, we investigate how the absence of tariff regulation has dissipated efficiencies and allowed the practice of monopolistic …

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The road transportation industry in Brazil : market structure, performance and government regulation

Castro, Newton de - 2015

market failures or to remove inadequate regulation. In the first part, the structure, size and economic relevance of the … industry are presented. There is also a brief review of government regulation. The second part is dedicated to analyzing the … possibilities; cost structures and freight rates; the impact of government regulation; and factors concerning efficiency and growth …

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Regulatory reform in Brazilian infrastructure : where do we stand?

Pinheiro, Armando Castelar - 2015

The main objectives of regulatory reform and privatization of infrastructure in Brazil were to attract new private investment, increase efficiency and reduce the public debt through the use of privatization revenues. Whereas the evidence suggests that regulatory reform (privatization included)...

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Impacts of outsourcing on wage : new evidence for the Brazilian debate

Campos, André Gambier - 2016

This article brings empirical evidence for outsourcing debate in Brazil. This evidence is the result of a new methodology, which uses new microdata, recently released by the Ministry of Labour. With this methodology, it is possible to gather information about: i) 3,10 million employees with...

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